Rep. Weber slams the ATF’s New Pistol Brace Rule
Washington,
February 2, 2023
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14) joined the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act, which fights back against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) recently announced federal registry for firearms with stabilizing braces. Yesterday, Rep. Weber spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives criticizing the attack on our Second Amendment.
“The Second Amendment is clear: “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” said Rep. Weber. “But the Far Left’s dangerous attack on the United States Constitution continues unabated with the ATF’s unconstitutional pistol brace rule. We are done sitting back and letting a bunch of faceless bureaucrats destroy the Second Amendment. I will continue to fight for every single law-abiding gun owner.” Background The SHORT Act will remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation in the draconian National Firearms Act (NFA) of firearms such as Short-Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short-Barreled Shotguns (SBS), and Any Other Weapons (AOW). This legislation is needed to push back against President Biden’s attacks on millions of gun owners with his attempted ban on certain pistols through the ATF’s rule change. Using the NFA, the Biden Administration is pretending people who own pistols with stabilizing braces in fact possess illegal short-barreled rifles. ATF is using this excuse to facilitate a ban, forcing gun owners to violate their rule or participate in an unconstitutional “Amnesty Registration of Pistol Brace weapons,” in order to keep their own firearms. The only way to protect gun owners from the Biden Administration and ensure the ATF does not enact this rule (or any future version of it) is by deregulating NFA firearms through the elimination of unconstitutional and unnecessary restrictions, taxation, and registration placed on NFA firearms in 1934. Short-Barreled Rifle Deregulation:
Short-Barreled Shotgun Deregulation:
Any Other Weapon Deregulation:
Record Destruction: Additionally, the legislation would require the ATF destroy all records relating to the registration, transfer, or manufacture of these NFA firearms, preventing the ATF from further harassing owners or confiscating these firearms. Gun registration always leads to gun confiscation |